Education:
Graduate Study: Master of Fine Arts, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Degree conferred 2008, Study Abroad: Egypt, Art History 2007
Undergraduate Study: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Philosophy minor, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Degree conferred 1997, Study Abroad: P.R. China, Philosophy 1996
Additional graduate studies at Montana State University (1999) and The Ohio State University (2000-01)
Awards/Honors:
Atelier Rondo, Graz, Austria, 2011, Artist in Residence
Kultur Service Steiermark, 2011, Province of Styria Artist Grant
The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL, 2011, Artist in Residence
Venue Curator’s Choice Award, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI, 2009
Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium, 2009, Artist in Residence
Caravansarai, Istanbul, Turkey, 2008, Observer in Residence
Exhibitions:
2012
Working Toward Invisible, Installations with Ann Chuchvara & Maureen Nollette, Marygrove College Art Gallery, Detroit, MI
2011
(Safety) Orange Tide, Installation, Site Lab at Free Radical Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
The Sky is Not Falling, Installation, Women's City Club ArtPrize Exhibition Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Rondorama, Group Exhibition, Atelier Rondo, Graz, Austria
ASK – World Tour 2011
Cloud Key, Installation during Residency, Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
2010
Featured artist on ARTBISTRO.COM
Red Sky Morning, Installation, Solo Exhibition, Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Metaphysical Wallpaper Testing Labs, Installation, Site Lab, Grand Rapids, MI
Baldaquin, Installation, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, ArtPrize 2010, Grand Rapids, MI
Metaphysical Wallpaper, with Phillip Hanson, Garbageman Astronaut Project Space, Portland, OR
Box of Cloud, Installation, Installation Nation, Primary Colours, Indianapolis, IN
Spring Cloud, Installation, Solo Exhibition, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
ASK: Tulsa, Installation, Solo Exhibition, Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
2009
Featured artist on ARTISTADAY.COM
Featured artist on ARTBISTRO.COM
Canopy, Installation with Shilin Hora, Gallery Sho.dan, Montreal, Canada
Cloud Form 09.09, Installation, ArtPrize 2009, Grand Rapids, MI, Venue Curator’s Award
Curtain, Installation during Residency, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
21 Emerging Artists, Grow Studio, Gallery Sho.dan, Montreal, Canada
Cloud Form 03.09, Installation, Solo Exhibition, HungryMan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Cloud Form 02.09, Installation, Solo Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2008
PS122 Annual Benefit Show, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY
Doctor TJ Eckelberg, Installation, ActiveSite IV, 21st International Sculpture Conference, Grand Rapids, MI
One Thousand Arms, Installation, Solo Exhibition, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Virtual Identities, Real Spaces, Sego Art Center, Provo, UT
Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot II, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
Mala, Installation, Golden Gallery, Bay City, MI
What Does Compassion Look Like?, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
1008 Hands & Mala, Installations, Atrium Gallery, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Suckers and Biters: Love Lollipops and the Exquisite Corpse, Chashama Gallery, New York, NY
2007 and prior
O Fence, Guerilla Art Operation, Cherry Park, Grand Rapids MI, 2006
G.I.A.N.T. Show, 555 Gallery, Detroit MI, 2005
Saferoom, Installation with Phillip Hanson, Free Radical Gallery, Grand Rapids MI, 2003
Easter 2002 - Holy Washday, Installation, Grand Rapids, MI, 2002
Valentine's Day, Guerilla Art Operation, OSU Wexner Center grounds, Columbus, OH, 2001
Inauguration Day, Guerilla Art Operation/collaboration, OSU Wexner Center grounds, Columbus, OH, 2001
Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts, Visual Art Competition, Regional Juried Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI 1999, 1995
Dumb Birds - Clay Pigeons, Installation, Graduate Studios, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 1997
Figure 8, Graduate Student Show, The Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 1997
Drawward, collaborative, site-specific drawing, Calder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 1996
Muskegon Regional Art Competition, Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, 1995
Collections:
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Investment Property Associates, Grand Haven, MI
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Graduate Study: Master of Fine Arts, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Degree conferred 2008, Study Abroad: Egypt, Art History 2007
Undergraduate Study: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Philosophy minor, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Degree conferred 1997, Study Abroad: P.R. China, Philosophy 1996
Additional graduate studies at Montana State University (1999) and The Ohio State University (2000-01)
Awards/Honors:
Atelier Rondo, Graz, Austria, 2011, Artist in Residence
Kultur Service Steiermark, 2011, Province of Styria Artist Grant
The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL, 2011, Artist in Residence
Venue Curator’s Choice Award, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI, 2009
Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium, 2009, Artist in Residence
Caravansarai, Istanbul, Turkey, 2008, Observer in Residence
Exhibitions:
2012
Working Toward Invisible, Installations with Ann Chuchvara & Maureen Nollette, Marygrove College Art Gallery, Detroit, MI
2011
(Safety) Orange Tide, Installation, Site Lab at Free Radical Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
The Sky is Not Falling, Installation, Women's City Club ArtPrize Exhibition Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Rondorama, Group Exhibition, Atelier Rondo, Graz, Austria
ASK – World Tour 2011
- Installation, Solo Exhibition, Baodo Arts, Nil project space, Graz, Austria
- Installation, Site:Lab, Art.Downtown, Grand Rapids, MI
- Installation, Solo Exhibition, West Michigan Center for Art & Technology, Grand Rapids, MI
Cloud Key, Installation during Residency, Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
2010
Featured artist on ARTBISTRO.COM
Red Sky Morning, Installation, Solo Exhibition, Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Metaphysical Wallpaper Testing Labs, Installation, Site Lab, Grand Rapids, MI
Baldaquin, Installation, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, ArtPrize 2010, Grand Rapids, MI
Metaphysical Wallpaper, with Phillip Hanson, Garbageman Astronaut Project Space, Portland, OR
Box of Cloud, Installation, Installation Nation, Primary Colours, Indianapolis, IN
Spring Cloud, Installation, Solo Exhibition, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
ASK: Tulsa, Installation, Solo Exhibition, Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
2009
Featured artist on ARTISTADAY.COM
Featured artist on ARTBISTRO.COM
Canopy, Installation with Shilin Hora, Gallery Sho.dan, Montreal, Canada
Cloud Form 09.09, Installation, ArtPrize 2009, Grand Rapids, MI, Venue Curator’s Award
Curtain, Installation during Residency, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
21 Emerging Artists, Grow Studio, Gallery Sho.dan, Montreal, Canada
Cloud Form 03.09, Installation, Solo Exhibition, HungryMan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Cloud Form 02.09, Installation, Solo Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2008
PS122 Annual Benefit Show, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY
Doctor TJ Eckelberg, Installation, ActiveSite IV, 21st International Sculpture Conference, Grand Rapids, MI
One Thousand Arms, Installation, Solo Exhibition, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Virtual Identities, Real Spaces, Sego Art Center, Provo, UT
Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot II, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
Mala, Installation, Golden Gallery, Bay City, MI
What Does Compassion Look Like?, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
1008 Hands & Mala, Installations, Atrium Gallery, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Suckers and Biters: Love Lollipops and the Exquisite Corpse, Chashama Gallery, New York, NY
2007 and prior
O Fence, Guerilla Art Operation, Cherry Park, Grand Rapids MI, 2006
G.I.A.N.T. Show, 555 Gallery, Detroit MI, 2005
Saferoom, Installation with Phillip Hanson, Free Radical Gallery, Grand Rapids MI, 2003
Easter 2002 - Holy Washday, Installation, Grand Rapids, MI, 2002
Valentine's Day, Guerilla Art Operation, OSU Wexner Center grounds, Columbus, OH, 2001
Inauguration Day, Guerilla Art Operation/collaboration, OSU Wexner Center grounds, Columbus, OH, 2001
Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts, Visual Art Competition, Regional Juried Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI 1999, 1995
Dumb Birds - Clay Pigeons, Installation, Graduate Studios, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 1997
Figure 8, Graduate Student Show, The Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 1997
Drawward, collaborative, site-specific drawing, Calder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 1996
Muskegon Regional Art Competition, Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, 1995
Collections:
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Investment Property Associates, Grand Haven, MI
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium